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lloyd Rayney
60 Minutes Australia. (2018, Oct 15). Who killed Corryn Rayney? Falsely accused husband breaks silence. 60 minutes Australia {Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1440&v=lG-_bMbyb0s
- Managh, J. (2018). Corryn Rayney murder: How did the case against Lloyd Rayney unfold? Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-01/lloyd-rayney-defamation-case-how-did-we-get-here/8310570
The murder of court registrar Corryn Rayney was one of the biggest legal cases ever heard in Perth, both in the scope of its criminal investigation, and the closeness of the media coverage. - Wahlquist, C. (2015). Eight years on, Western Australia police reopen Corryn Rayney murder case. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/12/eight-years-on-western-australia-police-reopen-corryn-rayney-caseThe shocking case of the court registrar found buried in Kings Park, Perth, scandalised the state. Yet after her husband Lloyd Rayney, a barrister, was acquitted of murder, police are still looking for her killer
- Menagh. J. (2019). Lloyd Rayney faces being banned as a lawyer over secret recordings of murdered wife Corryn Rayney. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-02/lloyd-rayney-banned-from-practising-law-after-ban-upheld/11376912Lloyd Rayney faces being struck off as a lawyer after WA's highest court upheld a decision to ban him for giving false evidence about secretly recording his estranged wife before her murder.
Chris Dawson
Thomson, K (Executive Producer) (2018, September 9). 60 Minutes - The Lynette Dawson Mystery [Television Broadcast]. Willoughby, New South Wales: Channel 9
- McGowan, M. (2018). Husband charged with wife's murder after hit podcast Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/06/chris-dawson-to-be-charged-with-wife-lyns-after-extradition-to-nswOn Thursday in Sydney 70-year-old Chris Dawson was charged with the murder of his former wife, Lynette Dawson, almost four decades after her disappearance in January of 1982.
- Chung, L. (2018). Timeline of the disappearance of Lynette Dawson. Retrieved from https://www.smh.com.au/national/timeline-of-the-disappearance-of-lynette-dawson-20181205-p50kbk.html1965: Chris Dawson and Lynette Simms met at a high-school function when they were both 16. “They were a good-looking couple," Mrs Dawson’s sister, Pat Jenkins, told the ABC in 2003. "They used to dress beautifully.”
Ivan Milat
- ABC. (2010). Timelines of bodies found at Belanglo. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-11-22/timelines-of-bodies-found-at-belanglo/2346660September 19, 1992 - The body of British tourist Joanne Walters, 22, is discovered by hikers in a shallow grave in the forest.
- Ishak, N. (2019). Inside The Ghastly Murders Of Ivan Milat, Australia’s Most Violent Serial Killer.https://allthatsinteresting.com/ivan-milatn the early 1990s, Australia was rocked by the gruesome killings of seven foreign backpackers in the Belanglo State Forest. The tragedy came to be known as the “backpacker murders” and remains one of the worst string of homicides to take place in the country, and the man behind them, Ivan Milat, maintains his innocence even after decades behind bars.
- Sutton, C. (2019). Belanglo backpacker murders: Ivan Milat confessed to his mother before her death. retrieved from https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/belanglo-backpacker-murders-ivan-milat-confessed-to-his-mother-before-her-death/news-story/c56d825d8Ivan Milat confessed his crimes to his mother, and at least one other family member was aware he was a killer — the little sister with whom he had a close personal relationship, it has been revealed.
Brett Peter Cowan
Lizzie Borden. (2014, November 19). Sunday Night Daniel Morcombe's Killer [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAuPzTewiJM
- Aust. Assoc. Press. (2014). Schoolboy Daniel Morcombe ‘died within an hour’ of being abducted. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/11/schoolboy-daniel-morecombe-died-within-hour-of-being-abductedQueensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe was almost certainly murdered within an hour of his abduction more than a decade ago, a Brisbane court has been told.
- Doneman, P. Mcnab, D. (2019). Brett Cowan - the moment he found he didn't get away with Daniel Morcombe's murder. Retrieved https://7news.com.au/news/crime/brett-cowan-the-moment-he-found-he-didnt-get-away-with-daniel-morcombes-murder-c-44793For nine years Brett Peter Cowan thought he’d gotten away with the abduction and murder of Sunshine Coast teen Daniel Morcombe on Sunday, December 7, 2003.
- Stevenson, A. (2019). Daniel Morcombe coronial inquest finds more could have been done to focus on Brett Peter Cowan. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-05/daniel-morcombe-murder-coronial-inquest-findings-brett-cowan/10971518Officers could have done more in the early stages of the investigation into the disappearance of Daniel Morcombe to focus on Brett Peter Cowan, a Queensland coroner examining the police response has found.
Gerard Baden Clay
60 Minutes Australia. (2019, July 19). Inside the Investigation - Why Gerard Baden-Clay murdered his wife Alison - 60 Minutes Australia. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FmKYkdjy70
- The Australian. (n.d.) Gallery: Baden-Clay: a tragic timeline. Retrieved from https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/badenclay-a-tragic-timeline/image-gallery/3122888a1ac32886310a95400d9da180
April 20 2012: Gerard Baden-Clay calls police at about 7:30am to report that his wife, Allison, had been missing since the previous night. Photo Steve/Pohlner - Bavas, J (2018). Timeline: Allison Baden-Clay's disappearance and resulting trial of husband Gerard Baden-Clay. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-15/baden-clay-murder-trial-timeline/5585176The disappearance of Allison Baden-Clay in 2012 resonated with many Brisbane residents.
Public interest in the case developed further after her body was found on a creek bank 10 days after her husband Gerard reported her missing. - Small, S. (2016). Baden-Clay High Court ruling sets precedents on testimony and post-offence behaviour. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-31/high-court-sets-precedents-testimony-post-offence-behaviour/7801628The High Court's ruling to reinstate Gerard Baden-Clay's murder conviction sets precedents that could change how future criminal trials are conducted, Queensland lawyers say.
Bradley Robert Edwards
McNeice, G (Producer) (2008). Hunt For a Killer: The Claremont Murders. CIA: Crime Investigation Australia. Moore Park, Australia: Foxtel
- Holdaway, S. (2018). Claremont serial killings: A timeline of key events. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-16/claremont-serial-killings-timeline/6860718A man already accused of killing Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon in the 1990s has been charged with the wilful murder of Sarah Spiers, the only victim of the so-called Claremont serial killings whose body has never been found.
- Menagh, J. (2019). Accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards lurked waiting for chance to murder, court told. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-25/alleged-claremont-serial-killer-bradley-edwards-telstra-van/11245168Evidence of a Telstra van lurking at Karrakatta Cemetery showed the accused Claremont serial killer frequented the area "waiting for the opportunity to abduct, sexually assault and murder young women", the Supreme Court has been told.
- Mcneill, H. (2019). The build up to an ‘inescapable’ drive to murder: The state's timeline against accused Claremont serial killer. Retrieved from https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/the-build-up-to-an-inescapable-drive-to-murder-the-staThe build up to an ‘inescapable’ drive to murder: The state's timeline against accused Claremont serial killer
- Marathon Claremont serial killings trial ends after seven months of hearings. (n.d.). ABC Premium News retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=azh&AN=P6S330757946720&site=ehost-live&authtype=ip,sso&custid=s5924589
The long-running Claremont serial killings trial is at an end, after defence counsel Paul Yovich SC wrapped up his closing argument to the WA Supreme Court this afternoon about why Bradley Edwards should not be found guilty of the triple murders that shocked Perth more than two decades ago. - Clarke, T. 2020, October 6. The West Australian. Retrieved from https://thewest2-smedia-com-au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/Olive/APA/thewest-archives/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=zbdw5e31zTGM9GAiwVOgPebt%2FEPJD8rNb6FLrPVAhwWasVH1VfQhkfkZNhDwZoABYw%3D%3DThe 25 reasons why Bradley Robert Edwards is the Claremont serial killer were laid out in WA’s Supreme Court yesterday as Justice Stephen Hall began hearing closing submissions in the State’s trial of the century.
- 9News.com. (2020). Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards jailed for life.https://www.9news.com.au/national/claremont-killer-sentencing-bradley-edwards-sentencing/0e502d4a-d7ef-4fd1-9107-bc950f462b09Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards will spend at least 40 years behind bars after he was given a life sentence today.
Edwards, 51, was found guilty in September of the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon in 1996 and 1997 respectively.
Martin Bryant
- SBS News. (2016). How tragic events unfolded at Port Arthur. Retrieved from https://www.sbs.com.au/news/how-tragic-events-unfolded-at-port-arthurA chronology of the deadly events involved in the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, and how they led to gun law reform throughout Australia.
- NMA.gov.au. (n.d.) Port Arthur massacre. Retrieved from https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/port-arthur-massacreOn 28 April 1996, 35 people lost their lives and at least 18 more were injured when a lone gunman went on a shooting rampage in Port Arthur, Tasmania.
- The Guardian. (2019). Port Arthur massacre. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/port-arthur-massacreThe decisive political response to the killing of 35 people in Tasmania by a gunman 20 years ago changed Australia – and has lessons for the US today